An Englishman In New York chords by Godley And Creme

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C minorCm  Csus2Csus2  (x4)


Verse:
 C minorCm   Csus2Csus2  C minorCm    Csus2Csus2   C minorCm    Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
Demented New York athletes staggering round the block
 C minorCm    Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2 C minorCm   Csus2Csus2    C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
Deformed Chicanos pour in, Chicago's rolling stock
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm      Csus2Csus2
Digital bathrooms drilling for furs
C minorCm    Csus2Csus2   C minorCm       Csus2Csus2
Surgical stockings marked his and hers
C minorCm     Csus2Csus2   C minorCm     Csus2Csus2   C minorCm    Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
Guggenheim attitudes  back to back with Jewish Baroque

Chorus:
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
No      way street
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
No      way street
BB   Bsus2Bsus2   BB   Bsus2Bsus2
No      way street
F#F#  N.C.
   Happy to see you, you have a nice day!

C minorCm  Csus2Csus2  (x4)

Verse:
C minorCm    Csus2Csus2  C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
Defecting Russian dancers dance into Hockney prints
 C minorCm     Csus2Csus2     C minorCm       Csus2Csus2
Exclusive to Bloomingdales, gift-wrapped in red
     C minorCm      Csus2Csus2    C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
From the land of blue rinse
   C minorCm    Csus2Csus2  C minorCm      Csus2Csus2
They boggle at menus in Olde English verse
C minorCm    Csus2Csus2   C minorCm      Csus2Csus2
"Ode to a burger" by Keats at his worst
  C minorCm     Csus2Csus2     C minorCm     Csus2Csus2
The hissing of omelettes the breaking of legs
   DmDm       Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm       Dsus2Dsus2
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs
  DmDm     Eb MajorEb      DmDm      Eb MajorEb
The pink fillet mignon looks black on the negs


Chorus:
C majorC    A minorAm G+G   C majorC    A minorAm  G+G
 Strange apparatus,  you've never seen
C majorC    A minorAm  G+G   A minorAm       G+G
 Strange apparatus,  even stranger theme
C majorC    A minorAm  G+G   C majorC   A minorAm  G+G
 Street alligators,  Big Anglophile
C majorC   A minorAm G+G    A minorAm         G+G
 Will navigate us through a change of style

Bridge:
DmDm    A minorAm   DmDm        A minorAm
 I came,  I saw  what manner of beast is this
DmDm     A minorAm      DmDm    A minorAm    E minorEm
 New York,  you talk a little bit left of centre
DmDm     A minorAm
 A augmentedA scream,  a shout
  DmDm   A minorAm      F# minorF#m   D MajorD
New York is throwing its weight about


Bridge:
   BMaj7Bmaj7   E MajorE         BMaj7Bmaj7
Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye
  BMaj7Bmaj7
The stronger the wood the straighter the arrow


Verse:
C minorCm     Csus2Csus2  C minorCm   Csus2Csus2  C minorCm     Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
Dismembered hopeful Mei-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze
C minorCm    Csus2Csus2  C minorCm    Csus2Csus2     C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
"Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees"
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm      Csus2Csus2
Sexual athlete applies for audition
C minorCm     Csus2Csus2   C minorCm  Csus2Csus2
Willing to make it in any position
   C minorCm     Csus2Csus2    C minorCm       Csus2Csus2
Just one of the extras with blood on their faces
    DmDm      Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2
In Snow-White and the seven basket cases
  DmDm    Eb MajorEb    DmDm    Eb MajorEb
I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places

C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   (x4)


Chorus:
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
No      way street
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
No      way street
BB   Bsus2Bsus2   BB   Bsus2Bsus2
No      way street
F#F#  N.C.
 Lock up your daughters, Avon crawling!


Verse:
 DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm     Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2
Devoted collectors of paraphernalia out walking the rock
DmDm     Dsus2Dsus2     DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2
Battle and bitch for the ultimate kitch of a crucifix clock
  DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm     Dsus2Dsus2
Two miniature Romans, running on rails
 DmDm     Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm     Dsus2Dsus2
Appear every hour and bang in the nails
  DmDm     Dsus2Dsus2      DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm      Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2
Oh I've got to have it, Christ, I gotta be  the first on our block


Verse:
  E minorEm   Esus2Esus2    E minorEm  Esus2Esus2      E minorEm     Esus2Esus2  E minorEm   Esus2Esus2
Disturbing facts about Nazi splinter groups seen on the news
    E minorEm    Esus2Esus2     E minorEm      Esus2Esus2   E minorEm     Esus2Esus2  E minorEm   Esus2Esus2
They're picketing synagogues and claiming that Hitler was King of the Jews
E minorEm      Esus2Esus2   E minorEm    Esus2Esus2
Caught in the tunnel an ambulance howls
 E minorEm      Esus2Esus2   E minorEm      Esus2Esus2
A augmentedA men's room attendant is flapping his jowls
FF   N.C.
Sssh, Howard Johnson is moving his bowels.

DmDm Eb MajorEb DmDm Eb MajorEb


Chorus 2:
C majorC    A minorAm G+G   C majorC    A minorAm  G+G
 Strange apparatus,  you've never seen
C majorC    A minorAm  G+G   A minorAm       G+G
 Strange apparatus,  even stranger theme
C majorC    A minorAm  G+G   C majorC   A minorAm  G+G
 Street alligators,  Big Anglophile
C majorC   A minorAm G+G    A minorAm         G+G
 Will navigate us through a change of style

C majorC    A minorAm G+G   C majorC    A minorAm  G+G
 Strange apparatus,  you've never seen
C majorC    A minorAm  G+G   A minorAm       G+G
 Strange apparatus,  even stranger theme


Bridge:
   BMaj7Bmaj7   E MajorE         BMaj7Bmaj7
Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye
  BMaj7Bmaj7
The stronger the wood the straighter the arrow


Chorus 1:
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
No      way street
C minorCm   Csus2Csus2   C minorCm   Csus2Csus2
No      way street
BB   Bsus2Bsus2   BB   Bsus2Bsus2
No      way street
BB   Bsus2Bsus2   BB   Bsus2Bsus2
No      way street

DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2  (x2)

DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2
No      way street
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2
No      way street
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2
No   way street
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2
No   way street